Chapter 39: Anxious Eyes (Part 4)
What is Billy Lynn's Halftime Fight's biggest contribution?
Of course, it was Joe Alwyn who became popular, and then he fell in love with Mildew, which directly broke the lifeline of Mildew's boyfriend, and anyway, there is no news of a breakup until now...
Tsk, mildew, one of the RBQs of American Entertainment and the NBA...
Ahem...
Zhang Junsheng said bluntly: "3D movies pay attention to immersion, allowing the audience to immerse themselves in the world of movies. But the use of 120 frames is too clear and shocking, and it makes people unable to enter the play. And this excessive clarity makes people feel very uncomfortable, it doesn't feel right..."
Li An: "So, you don't encourage this kind of attempt?"
“… It's not that I don't encourage it, it's just that I don't like Billy Lynn this time!"
“… Actually, I think there's too much clarity..."
Li An also shook his head...
It seems that he himself has little faith.
It's normal that in order to accommodate technology, he gave up the narrative he is best at!
The extensive use of transparent edges and tight close-ups makes the whole film look sophisticated.
"Actually, this kind of technology is more suitable for war dramas..."
"Actually, when I was going to make 120 frames, they advised me not to use it, and the 48 frames of "The Hobbit 3" failed, and it was too risky to use 120 frames, but I insisted on using 120 frames, I believe that this thing has a future. It was really a challenge to make this film, and to be able to do it to this extent and meet the audience smoothly, I am satisfied!"
Cinema is known as the "art of 24 frames"!
But the "Hobbit" series used 48 frames per second technology to shoot and show it. What does the 48-fps version of The Hobbit offer audiences, and will more films be shot and shown at 48 frames per second?
The human eye and its data transmission system can recognize 10-12 frames per second, and the brain's visual processing center retains each frame for 1/15th of a second. If the brain receives a new image within 1/15th of a second while the previous frame is still retained, the impression of continuous motion is generated. The projection frame rate reached 16-24 FPS, and the human eye saw the picture basically smooth.
The 48-frame version of The Hobbit does make the picture smoother, and moving objects sharper, maybe even a little too sharp!
Audiences have watched movies at 24FPS for so many years, and have become accustomed to the so-called "cinematic sense" of blurring, jitter, frustration and flickering, and suddenly switch to a picture with greatly enhanced smoothness and motion clarity, which is naturally difficult to adapt...
Why did Peter Jackson have to shoot The Hobbit at 48 frames?
In addition to tsundere, the main thing is to pull the audience into the cinema!
Nowadays, more and more homes are equipped with home theaters, and you can easily see the movies you want online.
This situation is a big shock to the traditional film industry.
Major theaters need to find a breakthrough in order to be reborn in this dilemma.
3D and IMAX movies give everyone a reason to go to the cinema.
The increase in frame rate is another reason!
It's just that Li An is too bold, directly 120 frames...
Zhang Junsheng sighed: "Good luck!"
……
"Billy Lynn" loses money for sure!
On the first day of release, the reputation in the mainland was very good, but unfortunately the box office was not good...
There are still many kneeling and licking Li An: "Li An used his deep Eastern philosophy to make an American main theme movie. Uncle An, who has passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, is more peaceful but also sharp, watching Uncle An on stage and saying that movies are his dreams and his beliefs, and he challenges new technologies just to make his dreams clearer, and tears run in an instant. I have seen so many directors, only Li An said that movies are faith, and I believe it. ”
Damn, you tell me about "Billy Lynn's Halftime Fight", where is Lee An's Eastern philosophy?
Can you stop being so blind?
What's the difference between this and brain-dead powder?
'B station is half of Shenghai's end, and CXK is half of Station B's end
So, CXK is equal to a quarter of a Shenghai!
Shenghai is one of the four major coastal areas of developed China
So CXK is 1/8 of the first-tier cities
Assuming that some of the coasts of developed China account for 1/2, then CXK is 1/16
And the developed coastal areas of China have made a lot of economic contributions to China
Let's assume 1/2
CXK contributes 1/32 to China's economy
China's GDP in 2018 was 90.03 trillion yuan
1/32 is 28,13465.625 million yuan
What a concept it is
Bill Gates is worth $92 billion, or about 617.5 billion RMB...
Cai Xu is 4.56 times that of Bill Gates!'
Ahem, back to the topic.
Of course, there are also people who don't like "Billy Lynn" and directly criticize: "The annoying high-definition digital soap opera, the plot is so dry, except for the male lead, the other supporting roles are acting seriously, but helpless, it's just quite boring." If you call this a technological revolution, what a waste of the word "revolution"!"
"Perhaps the worst one Li An has ever had, with confusing logic, boring plot, and embarrassing cold jokes. Finally, don't mention 120 frames to me, I only care about the content. ”
……
After the premiere in New York, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes was 36%, with a score of 4.3, as of November 17, in the first week of release, the box office in the United States was only more than 1 million, and the box office in China was 220 million, which is far from the huge success of "Life of Pi" four years ago.
The numbers are cold.
Does this show that Li An has made a bad movie?—— no, whether it is for technology or plot, "Billy" has received a lot of praise in the industry, especially in the mainland.
However, with the cost of publicity and distribution, the cost of 80 million dollars, the failure of "Billy Lynn" is really a bit miserable...
Li An's mistake made the market unstable throughout November!
"Doctor Strange" failed to be a big hit, and the audience seems to be a little tired of watching Marvel's super blockbusters...
For several days in a row, the market has stabilized at around 40 million...
Weibo, Tieba and other mainstream media are reporting on "Billy Lynn"...
According to Taobao's estimates, if "Billy Lynn" wants to make a profit, either the mainland box office will break 800 million, or the North American box office will break 80 million US dollars...
Therefore, Taobao mobilized all the media related to it, all kinds of reports on "Billy Lynn"!
It's a bit cruel, Oscar-level director...
The media are reporting on "Billy Lynn", Ma Xiaokang can't sit still, tomorrow, that is, on the 18th, "I Am Not Pan Jinlian" will be released!
This stepped on the horse, opened the report on "I Am Not Pan Jinlian", except because Fan Xiaopang PK Central China Normal University was on a wave of hot searches...
Tsk, it directly made the century-old famous school take the blame...
Stepping on the horse, it was obvious that the organizer did not coordinate well, and the literary discussion that was said to be good turned into a celebrity meeting, and the school was concerned about security, so Fan Xiaopang left the venue directly...
How did it become the pot of Central China Normal University?
It's a pity that netizens are not stupid, except for Fan Xiaopang's die-hard fans, most of them are strong supporters of Huashi, and "Pan Jinlian" has caused a commotion...
So what to do?
Hurry up and suppress a wave of hot searches, and by the way, break the scandal of an associate professor 'Nengzhi to drink tea and human flesh' to satirize Fan Xiaopang's play...
You can check the information, Zhalang Sichuan Station released a website news at 11:32 am on the 28th, entitled "Associate Professor of Central China Normal University satirizes Fan Xiaopang for not welcoming such a play". The time of Fan Xiaopang's long Weibo was 10:46 a.m. that day, with a difference of less than 50 minutes.
At 19 o'clock that night, Taihai.com released Nengzhi's detailed personal information and photos.
This is a very strange point, how can those websites, as outsiders, know the true identity of an anonymous account in such a short period of time? Moreover, in the search box of Weibo, the first hot word that pops up by typing the word Nengzhi is "Nengzhi goes to drink tea and human flesh".
At the same time, Chinanews and other websites have also reprinted photos of Nengzhi himself...
Then, another wave of public opinion was won!
A bunch of melon-eating netizens who don't know the truth are boiling!
However, the rhythm is too fast, and the cool is too fast...
After "Billy Lynn" was released, almost no one discussed it!
Then another wave.
But there's nothing to hype...
The test screening of "I Am Not Pan Jinlian", film critics are applauding, there are no black fans, the review has finally passed, the schedule is chosen by yourself, and there is no decent opponent in the same domestic movie, who can make headlines?
Look around, oh, there's a movie theater line! Yes, it's you, Wanda! If you want to tear it up, tear it up!